Text Formatting Mrs. Swift Keyboarding

Alignment Left Aligned Centered Right Aligned

Bold A print enhancement used to make characters appear darker than the other text.

Bullets/Numbering Used to arrange items in a list with each item beginning with a bullet or a number This is a number This is a bullet You can make bullets look like dots, or your favorite picture.

Cut/Copy/Paste A feature that allows you to move or copy text from one place to another.

72 pt. 36 point 18 point. Font Size Determine the height of characters in units called points. 72 pt. 36 point 18 point.

Font Type The design and appearance of printed characters

Footer Text such as the title, pages numbers, and dates printed at the top of a page.

Header Text such as title, page numbers and dates printed at the top of the page

Indentation To move one or more lines inward from the margins

Insertion mode An input mode in which the existing text moves to the right as the new text is added.

Italics Text is somewhat slanted to the right.

Landscape Orientation Page orientation is which data prints across the wider portion of the page

Line Spacing The vertical distance between two lines of type SS DS TS QS

Margins Blank Spaces between the edge of the paper and the printed text

Page Numbering Method of arranging pages in numerical order

Portrait Orientation Page orientation in which data prints across the narrower portion of the page

Print To make a hard copy of a document

Reveal/Show Codes Show nonprinting or formatting characters.

Spell Check Used to check the spelling of a document after keying F7 Can be customized

Tab Settings Allow you to line up text at a certain point

Typeover mode Replaces existing text with new text as it is keyed.

Underline A feature that underlines text as it is keyed.